Conservation in Mauritius and Rodrigues: Challenges and achievements from two ecologically devastated oceanic islands
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Mauritius and Rodrigues are among the last places on earth to have been reached by humans and yet are also among the most ecologically devastated, thus illustrating our great propensity to destroy the environment. Today, conservation approaches and techniques continue to be innovated, developed, and tested on the two islands, which consequently represent a kind of “conservation laboratory” for the tropics. Despite some notable successes, conservation problems on the islands persist and are being exacerbated by a low and declining commitment of the government to the conservation of biodiversity. In spite of the commitment of many government officers and bodies to addressing conservation challenges, their efforts are often curtailed by interference intense enough to make the officers yield to the whims of politicians and end up backing decisions that are detrimental to conservation.
